Sales-check holder and notcher



Patented May 24, 1921.

IN V EN TOR.

ii A TTORNE Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER- H- SLW'YEB, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW GULVEB BOYD, OF LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SALES-CHECK HOLDER AND NOTCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. SAWYER a citizen of the United States, residin in t e city and county of Philadelphia, tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Sales-Check Holder and Notcher, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sales check holders and notchers, and more particularly to sales check holders provided with means for marking or notching the individual checks to make any desired indication thereon, such as the price of goods purchased by a customer.

My invention resides in a unitary structure formed, for exam le, of a single piece or stri of metal, combining a holding structure or a group or pack of checks, and means for notching the checks.

My invention resides further in a combined check holder and notcher comprising a spring structure or head for receiving and com ressing the end of a pack of sales chec provided with spurs for engaging the end of the pack to securely hold the same in the spring head.

M invention resides further in a device of e character referred to in which the springlhead is provided with spurs on one slde t ereof, and an inturned edge on the other side for engaging and retaining a pack of checks securely in the spring head.

M invention resides further in a device of t e character referred to in which the spring head forholding a pack of checks is weakened by notches or perforations on the ed es thereof to give it additional resiliency.

51 invention resides further in a device of t 0 character referred to in which the spring head is provided with spring members, preferably integral therewith, for engaging the end of a pack of checks therein to prevent side swing or angular displacement of the pack with respect to the spring head.

M invention resides further in a device of th echa-racter referred to comprising a spring head with or without the spurs or studs, the inturned edge, the weakening notches, and the spring members above referred to, combined and integral with a strip of metal formin a. backing for a portion of the ack of sa es checks, which strip is rovide with notchers or markers on ea side thereof.

My invention resides further in a device of t e character referred to in which the notchers or markers are protected against accidental engagement with other articles, such as the clothes of the operator, by means of a pro'ection or tongue integral with the spring ead and notcher structure and forming a backing for the pack of checks.

My invention resides in features of structure and combination hereinafter described and claimed.

For an understanding of some of the forms my invention may take, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the combined check holder and marker.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a modified form of check holder and marker.

Fig. 4 is a front perspective view of the form of device illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a pack of checks.

Fig. 6 is a rear perspective view of a modification showing a check in position for notching or marking.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the holder and marker comprise a flat back wall or supporting plate 1 extending forwardly from the upper end of which is the top wall 2 carrying on its front end a clip or spring member 3. Spring member 3 comprises an arch or loop 4 extending upwardly and forwardly from the front edge of top wall 2, and a curved front wall 5 convex toward the back wall 1. The back wall 1, top wall 2 and spring member 3 preferably are formed by bending a single fiat piece of resilient material, as spring metal.

Back wall 1 is provided adjacent the top wall 2 with one spur, or a plurality of spurs 6 in a line parallel to the top wall 2 for engaging a pad or pack of tickets. The front wall 5 is also provided with spur structure 7 on that portion most nearl approaching the back wall 1. Spurs 6 and 7 are at substantially the same distance from the top wall 2 and cooperate, engaging opposite sides of a pad of tickets, to hold securely the pad in the holder and marker. Spurs 6 and 7 may, for instance, be so positioned as to engage under the stitching wire or thread 8 of pad31, Fig. 5, ordinarily employed to bind a-number of tickets together to form a pack or pad.

In order to increase the resiliency or ca pability of the spring member to accommodate pads of slightly varying thickness, the edge of loop 4 may be provided with weakening perforations or notches 14.

A pad of checks inserted in the holder is pushed firmly against the head or top Wall 2 and is engaged by spurs 6 and 7. In use of the device the spurs 6 and 7 work into the material, forming holes which become slightly enlarged and allow the pad to slip a short distance from the head 2, in which position it is free to swing with respect to the back wall 1. To obviate this loosening of the pad, I provide a spring or springs for engaging the ends of the pad to take up any looseness thereof with respect to projec-.

tions 6 and 7 and the head 2. A variety of arrangements may be employed for this purpose. I have illustrated two spring tongues or projections 12 struck from the material of head 2 and projecting forwardly and downwardly from head 2 a sufiicientdistance to engage the end of the pad.

For notching or marking a check, the, lower end of the back member 1 is provided adjacent each edge with a downwardly extending tooth or point or V-shaped projection 9, formed by cutting inwardly and downwardly in the opposite edgesof member 1 to form the outer edges of projections Y 9, 9 and by cutting slots 10, 10 extendinginwardly and upwardly from the edges of member 1. The points thus formed lie entirely within the outline of member 1, and

. are protected against accidental enga ement with other objects, such as the clot es of the operator, by the rounded downwardly extending end or platen 11 of member 1. To facilitate the insertion of a check under the points 9,9, the projection 11 is slightly offset from the plane of member 1 and the projections 9, 9, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4,'the structure is in some respects similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1 and2. Back member 1 is provided'with notching points 9, 9, and the platen extension 11 and spurs 6. The top loop 4, the latter provided with notches or member 2 extends perpendicularly to back member 1, and is provided with the spring tongues 12. Front wall 8 is connected to the frontedge of'top wall 2 through the perforations 14 as above described. In lieu of spurs 7 in front wall 3, the latter is provided on its lower edge with, or extends into an arch or loop 15 having an edge 16 extending upwardly and backwardly toward I back'wall 1. Edge'l6 is at substantially the same distance from the top wall 2, as are the spurs 6, and cooperates therewith to engage and hold a pad of tickets. The projections hands in an easy position.

9, 9, the bottom of slots 10,10 serving as stops to limit the insertion of the checks and gage the depth of the notches. .The pad is then pressed against back wall 1 to hold the ticket to be notched firmly between the pad and the point 9. This is conveniently done by holding the device face downward on the fingers and pressing on the back wall with the thumb of one hand. The ticket is then pulled upwardly, tearing or cutting a notch therein.

In notching the ticket as above described,

the bottom ticket of the pad constitutes one of the gripping members, and being of paper or cardboard, prevents the ticket to be notched from slipping when it is pulled against the point 9.

My'device as above described'is a simple structure formed of asinglefpiece of material, and is therefore inexpensive and durable.

The notching points are conveniently dis- I I posed for operation with the holder held in either the right orleft hand and with the points are furthermore protected against The notching.

accidental tearing orcutting of the clothes or hands of the operator.

- What I claim is:

a supporting plate, said plate having 1. A notcher for sales checks, comprising straight side edges and a rounded end, and I notching teeth formed in said side edges wholly within the outline of said plate, said teeth having points extending toward the rounded end.

2. A holder for checks bound into a pad by a binding member, comprising a supporting plate, an end wall integral therewith and upstanding therefrom, and a spring, member integral with the upper edge of said I wall and, projecting over said plate and having a return bend from its free end between which and said plate the checks are held, said return bend adapted to engagesaid binding member.

r 3. A holder for sales checks, comprising a 1 supporting plate, a wall integral withl'an d extending laterally from said plate, a spring member integral with and overlying said plate, means on saldplate and springfmeme her for engagingopposite sides of a pad of checks, and resilient means for engaging the end of said pad adjacent said wall.

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4. A hOIdBli for sales lclhecks, coinprifling 3 supporting ate a wa integra wit an extending lgterally from one end of said plate, a sprin member integral with and overlying sai plate, projections on said plate and said spring member for engaging opposite sides of a pad of checks, and a spring tongue integral with said wall and projecting between said plate and said spring member.

5. holder for sales checks comprismg a supporting plate, means on one end of said plate for holding checks, a notcher in the edge of said late intermediate the ends of the plate, an a tongue on the end of said plate rojecting beyond said notcher.

6. 1d holder for checks disposed in a square-ended pad, consisting of a single piece of sheet metal comprising a back plate, a wall u standing at right angles at one end thereo a member extending forwardly at substantially right angles to said wall integral with the upper end of said wall, and a return bend integral with the forward end of said member extending downwardl and rearwardly toward said plate and wall, the free edge of said return bend adapted to engage the check pad and hold it against said back plate, so that the end of said check pad will he adjacent and parallel to said wall.

7. A device of the class described comprising a plate adapted to support a check pad, and a check notcher at the side edge of said plate lying within the contour of said plate and integral therewith.

8. A device of the class described comprising a check-supporting plate having means at one end thereof for gripping a pad of checks, said plate having a substantially straight side edge, a notcher formed in said side edge of said plate wholly within the outline of said plate, a tongue on said plate beyond said notcher, said notcher pointing toward said tongue.

9. A device of the class described comprising a single elongated piece of sheet metal forming a back plate one end of which is bent upwardly to form an integral upstanding wall with an integral member at its upper end extending over said plate, a rearwardly directed return bend integral with said member at its forward end and disposed between said member and said plate for en aging the stub end of a check pad and ho ding the same against said back plate, a notcher in the side edge of said back plate within the general outline thereof, and a tongue on the end of said back plate projecting beyond said notcher.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature this 25th day of May, 1920.

WALTER H. SAWYER. 

